Attachment 8

                  Public Law 557 - 82nd Congress

66 Stat.]         PUBLIC LAW 557 - July 16, 1952

tion thereof, and shall record, in such index the names and
addresses of the principal debtors, trustees, guarantors and
other parties thereto, as well as such other facts as may be
necessary to facilitate the determination of the rights of the
parties to such transactions."

     Approved July 16, 1952.

Public Law 557                                        CHAPTER 882

                              AN ACT

July 16, 1952
[H.R. 1130]

To facilitate the performance of research and development work by
and on behalf of the Department of the Army, the Navy, and the
Air Force, and for other purposes.

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each of
the Secretaries of the military departments is hereby authorized
to establish such advisory committees or panels as may be
necessary for the conduct of the research and development
activities of his department, and to employ such part-time
advisory personnel as they may deem necessary in carrying out
such activities.  Persons holding other offices or positions
under the United States for which they receive compensation,
while serving as members of such committees, shall receive no
additional compensation for such service.  Other members of such
committees and other part-time advisory personnel so employed may
serve without compensation or may receive compensation at a rate
not to exceed $50 for each day of service, as determined by the
appointing authority.

Employment of noncitizens.

     Sec. 2.  No provision of law prohibiting employment of or
payment of compensation or expenses to any person not a citizen
of the United States shall apply to any expert, scientific,
technical, or professional person whose appointment or employment
in connection with the research and development activities of the
military departments is determined by the Secretary concerned to
be necessary.

Contracts.

     Sec. 3.  Contracts of the military departments for services
and use of facilities for research or development may be made for
a term not to exceed five years, and may be extended for an
additional period not to exceed five years, subject to the
availability of appropriations therefor.

Reports.

     Sec. 4.  Any contract of the military departments for
research or development, or both, may provide for the acquisition
or construction by, or furnishing to, the contractor of such
research, developmental, or test facilities and equipment as may
be determined by the Secretary concerned to be necessary for the
performance thereof.  Such research, developmental, or test
facilities and equipment, including specialized housing therefor,
may be acquired or constructed at Government expense, and may be
furnished to the contractor by lease, loan, or sale at fair
value, and with or without reimbursement to the Government for
the use thereof: Provided, That nothing contained in this
subsection shall be deemed to authorize new construction or
improvements having general utility: Provided further, That
nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the
installation or construction of facilities on property not owned
by the Government which would not be readily removable or
separable without unreasonable expense or unreasonable loss of
value, unless adequate provision is made in the contract for (1)
reimbursement to the Government of the fair value of such
facilities upon the completion or termination of the contract, or
within a reasonable time thereafter, or (2) an

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action in the Government to acquire the underlying land, or (3)
such other provisions as will in the opinion of the Secretary
concerned be adequate to protect the Government's interest in
such facilities; And provided further, That all moneys arising
from sales or reimbursement under this section shall be covered
into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, except to the extent
otherwise authorized by law with respect to contractor-acquired
property.  The Secretary of each of the military departments
shall transmit to the Congress reports covering contracts for
research or development, entered into during each six months
following the enactment of this Act.  Each such report shall
contain (1) a list of each contract for research or development
entered into during such period the total cost of which to the
Government will exceed $50,000, and (2) specific information with
respect to each such contract, except that specific information
the disclosure of which he deems incompatible with the security
of the United States may be excluded from such reports.

     Sec. 5.  With the approval of the secretary concerned, any
contract of the military departments for research or development,
or both, may provide that the Government will indemnify the
contractor against either or both of the following, to the extent
that they arise out of the direct performance of said contract
and are not compensated by insurance or otherwise: (1) Liability
on account of claims (including reasonable expenses of litigation
or settlement of such claims) by third persons, including
employees of the contractor, for death, bodily injury, or loss of
or damage to property, arising as a result of a risk defined in
the contract to be unusually hazardous: Provided, That any
contract so providing shall also contain appropriate provisions
for notice to the Government of suits or actions filed or claims
made, against the contract, with respect to any alleged liability
for such death, bodily injury, or loss of or damage to property,
and for control of or assistance in the defense of any such suit,
action, or claims, by the Government, at its election: and (2)
loss of or damage to property of the contractor arising as a
result of a risk defined in the contract to be unusually
hazardous; And provided further, That no payment shall be made by
the Government under authority of this section unless the amount
thereof shall first have been certified to be just and reasonable
by the Secretary concerned or by an official of the department
designated for such purpose by the Secretary.  Any such payment
may be made, with the approval of the Secretary concerned, out of
any funds obligated for the performance of such contract or out
of funds available for research and development work and not
otherwise obligated; or out of any funds appropriated by the
congress for the making of such payments.

Regulations.

     Sec. 6.  Each of the Secretaries of the military departments
is authorized to prescribe, with the approval of the Secretary of
Defense and of the Comptroller General of the United States,
regulations for his department stating the extent to which
vouchers for funds expended under any contract for research or
development, or both, shall be subject to itemization,
substantiation, or certification prior to payment, without regard
to the limitations of other laws relating to the expenditure of
public funds and accounting therefor.

Delegations of authority.

     Sec. 7.  Each of the Secretaries of the military departments
is authorized to delegate any authority provided by this Act to
the Under Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of his department
and, except the authority under the second proviso in section 4
thereof, the said Secretaries may delegate any authority provided
by this Act to the chiefs of the technical services, bureaus, or
offices and to one assistant

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to each such chief.  The power to negotiate, execute, and
administer contracts for research or development, or both, may be
further delegated, subject to the provisions of any other
applicable law.

     Approved July 16, 1952.


Public Law 558                                        CHAPTER 883

                              AN ACT

    To amend title IV of the National Housing Act, as amended.

July 16, 1952
[H.R. 3177]

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section
401(b) of the National Housing Act, as amended, is hereby amended
to read as follows:

     "(b) The term 'insured member' means an individual,
partnership, association, or corporation which holds an insured
account.  Each officer, employee, or agent of the United States,
of any State of the United States, of the District of Columbia,
of any Territory of the United States, of Puerto Rico, of the
Virgin Islands, of any county, of any municipality, or of any
political subdivision thereof, herein called 'public unit',
having official custody of public funds and lawfully investing
the same in an insured institution shall, for the purpose of
determining the amount of the insured account, be deemed an
insured member in such custodial capacity separate and distinct
from any other officer, employee, or agent of the same or any
public unit having official custody of public funds and lawfully
investing the same in the same insured institution in custodial
capacity.  Funds held in fiduciary capacity, when invested in an
insured institution, shall be insured in an amount not to exceed
$10,000 for each trust estate, and notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Act, such insurance shall be separate from and
additional to that covering other investments by the owners of
such trust funds or the beneficiaries of such trust estates."

     Approved July 16, 1952.


Public Law 559                                        CHAPTER 884

                              AN ACT

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the conveyance of
a portion of the United States military reservation at Fort
Schuyler, New York, to the State of New York for use as a
maritime school, and for other purposes", approved September 5,
1950.

July 16, 1952
[H.R. 4021]

U.S. Military Reservation, Fort Schuyler, N.Y.
Conveyance.
64 Stat. 591.

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the
conveyance of a portion of the United States military reservation
at Fort Schuyler, New York, to the State of New York for use as a
maritime school, and for other purposes", approved September 5,
1950 (Public Law 755, Eighty-first Congress), is hereby amended
to read as follows:  "That the Secretary of the Army is
authorized to convey to the people of the State of New York that
portion of the United States Military Reservation at Fort
Schuyler, int he borough and county of Bronx in the city of New
York, State of New York, together with all improvements thereon,
bounded and described as follows, to wit:  Commencing at a point
(latitude forty degrees forty-eight minutes twenty-three seconds
north; longitude seventy-three degrees forty-seven minutes fifty-